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• Reporting on the War in South Kurdistan – An Interview with Steve Sweeney 

  Journalist Steve Sweeney speaks about reporting on the war in South Kurdistan.
• Interview with Federico Venturini from the International Peace Delegation 

  Federico Venturini, researcher at the University of Udine and member of the International Peace Delegation in İmrali, was stopped at Erbil airport (Iraq) and sent back to Italy.
• Activists call for action to mark the 9th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution 

  Rise Up 4 Rojava Campaign, Internationalist Commune of Rojava and Young Internationalist Women issued a call for action to mark the 9th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution.
• Ehmed: Kurds should not allow Turkish invasion 

  Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) Executive Board Member İlham Ehmed said no Kurd should allow the occupation attacks of the Turkish state.
• Residential area in Sur resembles a prison 

  Five years after the destruction of the old town district of Sur in Amed, a new residential area has been built based on the model of the state prison architecture.
• Gergerlioğlu: This victory is a victory for the people 

  HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu was released from custody following a ruling by the Constitutional Court. “I resisted together with society. This victory is a victory for the people.”
• Aleppo, Afrin and Idlib: Turkey installs "regime of robbery and plunder" 

  Turkey has installed a "regime of robbery" in Syria, says Kurdish politician Bedran Çiya Kurd. In Aleppo alone, some 1,000 factories have been looted, and Afrin's olives funnel $80 million a year into state coffers.
• Investigation into murder of Vedat Aydın to falls into status of limitation tomorrow 

  The investigation into the murder of HEP Diyarbakır Provincial Chair Vedat Aydın, killed by JITEM, will fall into status of limitation on 5 July.
• HDP Gever District co-chair Akdoğan: The AKP-MHP government has turned Gever into an open prison 

  HDP Gever District co-chair, Abdulkerim Akdoğan, said that the AKP-MHP government has turned Gever into an open prison.
• KCK publishes brochure on the history of German-Turkish relations 

  The KCK published a brochure on the history of German-Turkish relations, internationalism and the establishment of a global Democratic Confederalism. Duran Kalkan, member of the KCK Executive Council, discusses all these issues in an extensive interview.
• Turkish army lands explosives containing poisonous gas in Zap 

  On 19 May, Turkish troops in Sikorsky helicopters landed explosives containing poisonous gas in the ‘Small Cilo’ area of the Zap region in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• RiseUp4Rojava evaluates current political developments in Kurdistan 

  On April 23, the Turkish occupation army launched an all-out assault on the guerrilla-controlled regions of Metîna, Zap and Avaşîn. RiseUp4Rojava evaluates current political developments in Kurdistan.
• Baroness Christine Blower: Isolation and detention of Öcalan is against international law 

  Baroness Christine Blower, Co-Convenor of the Freedom for Ocalan campaign UK and a patron of Peace in Kurdistan Campaign, spoke about the isolation and condition of detention of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Aldar Xelil: Turkish and Syrian intelligence services co-operate 

  Aldar Xelil stated that the only common ground between the Turkish state and the Damascus regime is opposition to Rojava and pointed to the incitement of the Turkish intelligence service (MIT) and Syrian intelligence service Mukhabarat.
• The last message of guerrilla Demhat Kobanê 

  On 15 June 2021, guerrilla Demhat Kobanê fell a martyr in an action carried out by the Turkish army in South Kurdistan. A short time before, he had spoken to ANF.
• YPG Spokesperson says UN report is biased, prepared under influence 

  YPG Spokesperson Nuri Mahmoud has strongly denied the accusations in a UN report that blamed the YPG and said that the report was prepared ‘under the influence of parties that are hostile or opposed to the Autonomous Administration’.
• SDF call once again for the establishment of an International Court to prosecute ISIS members 

  The Syrian Democratic Forces have appealed to the international community to create a special international court to prosecute ISIS terrorists. Such a tribunal could be the solution to stop the revival of the group.
• "We can forget everything, but not Afrin" 

  Former owners of olive groves and olive factories report from exile in the self-governing region of Shehba on the looting by Turkey in Afrin.
• Former peshmergas: We must unite, not fight each other 

  Former peshmerga Lezgin Yündan, and Bedel Bingöl from the village of Jiyanîş in Çukurca said: "When there is an attack on Kurdistan, every patriotic Kurd must defend his lands. It is time for unity among Kurds, not war."
• British journalist Steele concerned about Turkish democracy 

  The Guardian Newspaper Ex Chief Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Steele expressed his concern about Turkish democracy.
• Weaponizing Embargo as Punishment: The Makhmur Refugee Camp, a report by the KNK 

  The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) has released a report called "Weaponizing Embargo as Punishment:The Makhmur Refugee Camp".
• Kalkan: Why is the PKK present in South Kurdistan? 

  In view of the threat of war within Kurdistan, the debate about the PKK's presence in South Kurdistan is often framed as if the guerrillas had just moved in from abroad. Duran Kalkan of the PKK points to the forty-year history.
• Instructions for murders in Hol Camp given by ISIS emir captured by MIT 

  ISIS cell members captured in the Hol Camp said that they received orders from Jarrah Abu Omar, who was staying in the camp before and was abducted to Girê Spi by the Turkish Intelligence Service (MIT).
• Abdullah Öcalan and Social Self-Defense – An Interview with Nazan Üstündağ 

  Connor Hayes spoke with Dr. Nazan Üstündağ about the concept and practice of social self-defense, in particular as developed by Abdullah Öcalan.
• Historic night as British government commits to Irish Language Act 

  Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has expressed delight early on Thursday morning after the British government committed to legislate for Irish language protections.